Maccabi Netanya will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 15 points behind Maccabi Haifa.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Maccabi Netanya form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligat ha'Al, Maccabi Netanya have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.
Happy days for Maccabi Netanya in their previous game, a Ligat ha'Al match away at Hapoel Kfar Saba (placed 13th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Bnei Yehuda that was lost 0-3.
Maccabi Netanya have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Afula Illit Stadium with 13 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Maccabi Netanya defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (37) in Ligat ha'Al, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Ligat ha'Al. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Maccabi Tel Aviv game have they lost an away game, meaning Maccabi Haifa has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
The manager M. Balbul was unhappy after their last game, a Ligat ha'Al match played at their home ground Sammy Ofer Stadium. Maccabi Haifa suffered a 3-4 loss to Maccabi Tel Aviv (placed 1st). Prior to that result Maccabi Haifa won their away game at Ironi Kiryat Shmona. The scoreline was 2-1.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Maccabi Haifa, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The State Cup trip to Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.
The travelling fans enjoy Maccabi Haifa's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. The Maccabi Haifa defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 9 games).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Maccabi Haifa - Maccabi Netanya 3-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Maccabi Netanya victories, 3 draws and 5 Maccabi Haifa wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Rukavytsya 11 goals |  T. Chery 6 goals |   F. Bećiraj 5 goals |
Maccabi Netanya missing players
Maccabi Haifa missing players
| Maccabi Netanya | Maccabi Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 37 |
| 21 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 88% |
| 59% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 82% |
| 53% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 65% |
| 24% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 22% | 41% |
| 41% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 67% | 53% |
| 53% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 18% |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 7 | 7.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 176 | 89 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 103 | 228 |
| 63 | 36 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 52 | 112 |
| 29% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 33% |
- Maccabi Haifa has the fewest matches under the total-line (5)
- Maccabi Haifa has the most matches over the total-line (12)
- Maccabi Haifa has the most points from losing position (10)
- Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals (37)
- Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
- Maccabi Haifa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Haifa have scored more than double the goals of Maccabi Netanya.
- Maccabi Haifa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Netanya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Netanya haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 28 | 43 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 37 |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | Maccabi Netanya | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Bnei Yehuda | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 21 |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 21 |
| 9 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 20 |
| 10 | Ashdod | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 12 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -13 | 15 |
| 13 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -11 | 14 |
| 14 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -14 | 11 |